VFA-VFL - REPRESENTATIVE HONOUR ROLL

Below is a list of VFA-VFL representative coaches, captains and vice-captains spanning the entire history of the Association - from the early years when the VFA team served as Victoria's representative team through to the modern State League era competing against the likes of the SANFL and WAFL.

This is the first time such a list has been published in print or online and it remains a work in progress. If you have access to representative team lists/match reports in the Football Recorder, old newspapers, annual reports, etc, and can offer any assistance filling the gaps it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact me with any information you can provide.

﻿Note that in the following tables:﻿- dark grey shading indicates exhibition matches (EX) or practice matches (PRAC), these were not official representative contests.- an asterisk (*) after a player's name indicates he was promoted to captain/vice-captain when the original selection stood down due to injury or suspension (see the notes after each table for more details).

INTERCOLONIAL ERA (1877-1896)

1887 - Jack Baker (Carlton)

1889 - Peter Burns (SM)

1892 - Thomas Banks (Fitzroy)

1893 - William Windley (SM)

1894 - William Strickland (Coll)

DATE

TYPE

VENUE

TEAM

OPPONENT

COACH

CAPTAIN

VICE-CAPTAIN

28-6-1879

PRAC

Melbourne

Victoria

Hotham-Essendon FC's

(no
coaches during this era)

John
Gardiner (Carl)

tbd

1-7-1879

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

John
Gardiner (Carl)

Bob
Sillett (Melb)

5-7-1879

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

John
Gardiner (Carl)

Bob
Sillett (Melb)

14-8-1880

I

Adelaide

Victoria

South
Australia

-

Jack
Gibson (SM)

James
Robertson (Hotham)

18-8-1880

EX

Adelaide

Victoria

SA
Natives (23)

-

Jack
Gibson (SM)

James
Robertson (Hotham)

21-8-1880

I

Adelaide

Victoria

South
Australia

-

Jack
Gibson (SM)

James
Robertson (Hotham)

1-7-1881

I

Melbourne

Victoria

New
South Wales

-

James
Wilson (Geel)

William
Goer (Carl)

6-8-1881

I

Sydney

Victoria

New
South Wales

-

Albert
Austin (Geel)

William
Goer (Carl)

20-8-1881

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

William
Goer (Carl)

Gilbert
F. Major (SM)

24-8-1881

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

James
Wilson (Geel)

William
Goer (Carl)

22-5-1886

I

Melbourne

Victoria

New
South Wales

-

Sam
Bloomfield (Carl)

Ned
Powell (Ess)

21-5-1887

I

Melbourne

Victoria

Tasmania

-

Jack
Baker (Carl)

William
Fleming (Ess)

18-5-1889

I

Melbourne

Victoria

Sthn Tasmania (STFA)

-

Peter
Burns (SM)

William
Fleming (Ess)

13-7-1889

I

Melbourne

Victoria

Northern
NSW (NDFA)

-

Ben
Page (SM)

tbd

5-7-1890

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

Henry
'Sonny' Elms (SM)

Jack
Worrall (Fitz)

10-7-1890

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

tbd

tbd

13-6-1891

I

Adelaide

Victoria

South
Australia

-

William
Fleming (Ess)

Jack
Baker (Geel)

16-6-1891

I

Adelaide

Victoria

South
Australia

-

William
Fleming (Ess)

Jack
Baker (Geel)

25-6-1892

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

Thomas
Banks (Fitz)

tbd

10-6-1893

I

Adelaide

Victoria

South
Australia

-

Thomas
Banks (Fitz)

Colin
Campbell (Ess)

12-6-1893

REP

Adelaide

Victoria

Norwood
FC

-

Colin
Campbell (Ess)*

-

7-6-1893

I

Hobart

Victoria
'B'

Sthn Tasmania (STFA)

-

William
Windley (SM)

tbd

10-6-1893

I

Hobart

Victoria
'B'

Sthn Tasmania (STFA)

-

William
Windley (SM)

tbd

10-6-1893

REP

Melbourne

Victoria
'C'

Port
Adelaide FC

-

Alec
Dick (Ess)

Peter
Burns (Geel)

21-7-1894

I

Melbourne

Victoria

South
Australia

-

Alec
Dick (Ess)

tbd

24-9-1894

EX

Melbourne

Rest
of VFA

Essendon FC

-

William
Strickland (Coll)

tbd

NOTES:

In this era captains and vice-captains were selected by a vote of the players, usually on the day of the match or the week before at a team meeting. This meant there was often more than one representative captain per season (in later years a selection committee chose the captains/vice-captains and those players led for all representative matches played that season, unless injuries or poor form forced a change). Note also that coaches weren't named in this era; captains filled the role of a playing coach, making positional changes from the field.

1879 vs Hotham-Essendon FCs - Sillett (VC) did not play (he was required by the Melbourne team which played at Geelong that day).

1880 vs SA - James Robertson (VC) was also known as 'Jimmie' and had previously played for Carlton as far back as the pre-VFA Challenge Cup era.

1881 (Aug.6) vs NSW - Austin, captain from the match in July, did not play (reason unknown).

1881 (Aug.20) vs SA - neither Wilson nor Austin, the captains against NSW, played (both were part of the Geelong team which played a top of the table clash against Melbourne that day). Goer was promoted from the vice-captaincy.

1889 vs NDFA - Burns, captain from the match in May, did not play (he led South Melbourne on their Tasmanian tour). Fleming, vice-captain in May, also did not play (he was part of the Essendon team which played at Geelong that day). In their absence the VFA team was led by Page, a South Melbourne player who had not made the trip to Tasmania.

1890 (July 10) vs SA - The Australasian (12-7-1890) says not a single Victorian player from the Saturday match took the field for this game - this was most likely due to the match being played during the working week. Elms, captain in the first match, did not play for reasons unknown. Worrall, vice-captain in the first match, did not play due to Fitzroy making a visit to Ballarat.

1893 vs Norwood - Banks did not play (injured in the match against SA two days earlier). Campbell was promoted from the vice-captaincy.

1894 vs Essendon - Dick, captain from the match in July, led the opposition in this exhibition match. Strickland replaced him as VFA captain.

NOTE - in October 1896 the VFA's strongest teams broke away to form the VFL (now AFL). The VFL representative team quickly took over as Victoria's top level intercolonial/interstate side. Click here to see the coaches, captains and vice-captains of those VFL-AFL State sides (1897-2008).

REPRESENTATIVE ERA (1897-1949)

1902 - William McGee (Port Melb.)

1906/08 - Henry Chase (Brunswick)

1907/09-12 - 'Dookie' McKenzie (Brunswick)

1920 - Syd Barker (North Melb.)

DATE

TYPE

VENUE

TEAM

OPPONENT

COACH

CAPTAIN

VICE-CAPTAIN

31-7-1897

REP

Ballarat

VFA

Ballarat FA

-

Robert
Dick (Foots.)

tbd

9-7-1898

REP

Ballarat

VFA

Ballarat FA

-

-

-

15-9-1900

EX

Melbourne

Rest
of VFA

Footscray FC

-

Dave
Powell (Port)

tbd

4-9-1902

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

-

William
'Billy' McGee (Port)

Dave
Noonan (NM)

24-6-1905

REP

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

-

Hugh
Gavin (Ess.A)

Arthur
Knox (Port)

5-8-1905

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

Hugh
Gavin (Ess.A)

Arthur
Knox (Port)

9-8-1905

EX

Stawell

VFA

Stawell FC (21)

-

Hugh
Gavin (Ess.A)

Arthur
Knox (Port)

20-6-1906

EX

Stawell

VFA

Stawell FC (21)

-

Tom
Hedley (Foots.)

tbd

23-6-1906

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

Tom
Hedley (Foots.)

tbd

11-8-1906

REP

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

-

Jack
Geggie (Rich.)

tbd

29-8-1906

REP

Bendigo

VFA

Bendigo-Northern FA's

-

Henry
Chase (B'wick)

tbd

8-6-1907

REP

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (Ess.A)

Ern McDonald (Rich.)

24-7-1907

EX

Stawell

VFA

Stawell FC (20)

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (Ess.A)

Arthur
Williams (Foots.)

27-7-1907

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (Ess.A)

Arthur
Williams (Foots.)

20-6-1908

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

Henry
Chase (B'wick)

Jim
Munday (Ess.A)

24-6-1908

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

Henry
Chase (B'wick)

Jim
Munday (Ess.A)

27-6-1908

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

Henry
Chase (B'wick)

Jim
Munday (Ess.A)

16-6-1909

EX

Stawell

VFA

Stawell FC (21)

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Edward
Alley (W'town)

19-6-1909

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Edward
Alley (W'town)

22-6-1909

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Edward
Alley (W'town)

26-6-1909

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Edward
Alley (W'town)

7-8-1909

REP

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Michael
Madden (Ess.A)

18-6-1910

REP

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

tbd

27-7-1910

EX

Stawell

VFA

Stawell FC (21)

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

F.
'Son' Dowsing (Prah.)

30-7-1910

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

F.
'Son' Dowsing (Prah.)

10-6-1911

REP

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

tbd

8-7-1911

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Thomas
Wenborn (Brighton)

12-7-1911

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Thomas
Wenborn (Brighton)

15-7-1911

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Thomas
Wenborn (Brighton)

29-6-1912

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Bert
Amey (W'town)

3-7-1912

REP

Broken
Hill

VFA

Barrier
Ranges FA

-

J.
'Dookie' McKenzie (B'wick)

Bert
Amey (W'town)

19-7-1913

REP

Warrnambool

VFA

Western
District FA

-

tbd

tbd

9-9-1916

EX

Melbourne

Rest
of VFA

North
Melbourne FC

-

Tom
Sevior (Ess.A)

-

1-8-1920

REP

Kalgoorlie

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

Syd Barker snr
(NM)

Joe
Moroney (Prah.)

4-8-1920

REP

Kalgoorlie

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

Syd Barker snr
(NM)

Joe
Moroney (Prah.)

8-8-1920

REP

Kalgoorlie

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

Syd Barker snr
(NM)

Joe
Moroney (Prah.)

6-8-1921

REP

Melbourne

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

William
Walton (Haw.)

Joe
Moroney (Prah.)

8-7-1923

REP

Kalgoorlie

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

William
Walton (Haw.)

MorrieEwans
(Brighton)

11-7-1923

REP

Kalgoorlie

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

William
Walton (Haw.)

MorrieEwans
(Brighton)

15-7-1923

REP

Kalgoorlie

VFA

Goldfields
FA

-

William
Walton (Haw.)

MorrieEwans
(Brighton)

2-8-1924

REP

Melbourne

VFA

Perth
FC

-

John
'Con' McCarthy (Foots.)

tbd

25-9-1926

REP

Warragul

VFA

Central
Gippsland FA

-

tbd

tbd

22-9-1927

REP

Melbourne

VFA

Central
Gippsland FA

-

tbd

tbd

6-6-1931

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

-

Gilbert
Taylor (Pres.)

George
Rudolph (Oak.)

15-8-1931

REP

Sydney

VFA

New
South Wales

-

Cyril
Lilburne (Brighton)

William
Koop (Prah.)

6-6-1932

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

(captain-coach)

A.T.
'Horrie' Mason (C'well)

Gordon
Hellwig (W'town)

16-6-1934

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

Frank
Maher (Oak.)

George
Rudolph (Cob.)

Con
Sheehan (Y'ville)

13-4-1935

EX

Melbourne

VFA

Richmond
FC

(captain-coach)

Danny
Warr (Pres.)

tbd

29-6-1936

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

(captain-coach)

Ralph
Goullet (Brighton)

Stan
Plumridge (Port)

24-9-1936

EX

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

(captain-coach)

Neville
Huggins (W'town)

Alec
Gray (N'cote)

12-5-1937

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VFL

(captain-coach)

Neville
Huggins (W'town)

Jack
Bisset (Port)

16-6-1947

EX

Bendigo

VFA

Bendigo FA

tbd

tbd

tbd

NOTES:

1905 vs SA - Gavin later captained Western Australia at the 1911 National Carnival.

1906 (Aug.11) vs SA - Hedley, captain in the matches in June, also played in this match but Geggie was chosen as captain.

1906 (Aug.29) vs Bendigo & Northern District FAs - Neither Hedley nor Geggie played (probably due to the match being played midweek). Chase replaced them as captain.

1907 (July) vs Stawell & SA - McDonald, vice-captain in the June match, did not play due to injury. Williams replaced him as vice-captain. Williams was a veteran of 13 VFA seasons and later retired at the end of the 1907 season.

1909 (Aug.7) vs SA - Alley, vice-captain in the matches played in June, did not play due to suspension. Madden replaced him as vice-captain.

1921 vs GFA - Walton was previously a member of Collingwood's 1919 premiership team in the VFL.

1923 vs GFA - Walton controversially transferred from Port Melbourne to Hawthorn in 1922. However, Port Melbourne insisted he was their player so the clubs reached an unusual agreement: Walton would coach Hawthorn during the week and play for Port on the weekend. By the time of this match he had moved to Hawthorn full-time.

1931 vs NSW - Taylor and Rudolph, captain and vice-captain against the VFL in June, did not play and were replaced in these roles by Lilburne and Koop. Lilburne had previously played 74 games for Richmond and was vice-captain of the VFL side that played NSW in 1929.

1932 vs VFL - Mason had played 137 games for St Kilda and captained them in 1931 before crossing to the VFA.

1935 vs Richmond - a VFA team was selected with Danny Warr (ex-St Kilda) named as captain, but the match was postponed due to gale force winds then postponed a second time due to torrential rain. With the VFA and VFL premiership seasons due to begin the match was then cancelled.

1936 (Sept.24) vs VFL - Goullet and Plumridge, captain and vice-captain against the VFL in June, did not play and were replaced in these roles by Huggins and Gray. Huggins had played 90 games for Fitzroy and North Melbourne before crossing to the VFA.

INTERSTATE ERA (1950-1969)

1950-51 - Jack Whelan (Brunswick)

1956-57 - Frank Johnson
(Port Melb.)

1966-68 - Keith Burns (Brunswick)

1968 - Max Papley (Williamstown)

DATE

TYPE

VENUE

TEAM

OPPONENT

COACH

CAPTAIN

VICE-CAPTAIN

11-6-1950

I

Canberra

VFA

Canberra
(A.C.T.)

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Arch
Baxter (Oak.)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

19-7-1950

I
(C)

Brisbane

VFA

Tasmania

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Jack
Whelan (B'wick)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

24-7-1950

I
(C)

Brisbane

VFA

South
Australia

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Jack
Whelan (B'wick)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

26-7-1950

I
(C)

Brisbane

VFA

Victoria
(VFL)

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Jack
Whelan (B'wick)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

29-7-1950

I
(C)

Brisbane

VFA

Western
Australia

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Jack
Whelan (B'wick)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

9-5-1951

I

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)*

Geoff
Turner (Brighton)

30-6-1951

I

Hobart

VFA

Tasmania

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Jack
Whelan (B'wick)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

14-7-1951

I
(C)

Canberra

VFA

Aust.
Amateurs

Bill
Faul (Prah.)

Jack
Whelan (B'wick)

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)

2-6-1953

EX

Melbourne

VFA
North

VFA
South

-

Frank
Nielsen (B'wick)

Jack
Rogan (Cob.)

VFA
South

VFA
North

-

Pat
'Paddy' Walsh (Prah.)*

-

8-7-1953

I
(C)

Adelaide

VFA

Tasmania

George
Smeaton (Oak.)

Norm
Tindal (Oak.)

Don
'Mopsy' Fraser (Port)

13-7-1953

I
(C)

Adelaide

VFA

Victoria
(VFL)

George
Smeaton (Oak.)

Norm
Tindal (Oak.)

Don
'Mopsy' Fraser (Port)

15-7-1953

I
(C)

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

George
Smeaton (Oak.)

Roy
Stabb (N'cote)*

tbd

18-7-1953

I
(C)

Adelaide

VFA

Western
Australia

George
Smeaton (Oak.)

Norm
Tindal (Oak.)

Roy
Stabb (N'cote)*

14-6-1956

I
(C)

Perth

VFA

South
Australia

Bill
Faul (N'cote)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

16-6-1956

I
(C)

Perth

VFA

Victoria
(VFL)

Bill
Faul (N'cote)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

tbd

19-6-1956

I
(C)

Perth

VFA

Tasmania

Bill
Faul (N'cote)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

tbd

21-6-1956

I
(C)

Perth

VFA

Western
Australia

Bill
Faul (N'cote)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

tbd

2-12-1956

PRAC

Melbourne

VFA-VFL

VAFA

Bruce
Andrew (ANFC)

Denis
Cordner (Melbourne)

Keith
Woolnough (N'cote)

7-12-1956

EX

Melbourne

VFA-VFL

VAFA

Bruce
Andrew (ANFC)

Denis
Cordner (Melbourne)

Keith
Woolnough (N'cote)

13-7-1957

REP

Launceston

VFA

NTFA-NWFU

(captain-coach)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

23-7-1957

I

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

(captain-coach)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

20-8-1957

I

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

(captain-coach)

Frank
Johnson (Port)

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

2-7-1958

I
(C)

Melbourne

VFA

Tasmania

Col
Austen (B.Hill)

Ken
Ross (C'well)

Len
Gilder (Moor.)

7-7-1958

I
(C)

Melbourne

VFA

Victoria
(VFL)

Col
Austen (B.Hill)

Ken
Ross (C'well)

Len
Gilder (Moor.)

9-7-1958

I
(C)

Melbourne

VFA

Western
Australia

Col
Austen (B.Hill)

Ken
Ross (C'well)

Len
Gilder (Moor.)

11-7-1958

I
(C)

Melbourne

VFA

South
Australia

Col
Austen (B.Hill)

Ken
Ross (C'well)

Len
Gilder (Moor.)

26-6-1960

I
(C)

Sydney

VFA

Canberra
(A.C.T.)

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

Jim
Whiley (B'wick)

tbd

29-6-1960

I
(C)

Sydney

VFA

Queensland

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

Jim
Whiley (B'wick)

tbd

3-7-1960

I
(C)

Sydney

VFA

New
South Wales

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

Jim
Whiley (B'wick)

Les
Moroney (Moor.)

30-7-1960

I
(C)

Canberra

VFA

Aust.
Amateurs

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

Jim
Whiley (B'wick)

Les
Moroney (Moor.)

12-6-1961

I

Hobart

VFA

Tasmania

Jim
Cleary (Dand.)

Ray
Smith (W'town)

Jim
Whiley (B'wick)

4-6-1962

I

Devonport

VFA

Tasmania

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

Len
Gilder (Moor.)

tbd

6-6-1964

I

Launceston

VFA

Tasmania

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

M.J.
'Shaun' Crosbie (Sun.)

Bob
Freyer (Port)

12-6-1965

I

Perth

VFA

Western
Australia

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

M.J.
'Shaun' Crosbie (Sun.)

Bob
Freyer (Port)

18-7-1965

I

Melbourne

VFA

Tasmania

Gerry
Callahan (W'town)

M.J.
'Shaun' Crosbie (Sun.)

tbd

9-6-1966

I
(C)

Hobart

VFA

Western
Australia

Percy
Bushby (Cob.)

Keith
Burns (B'wick)

Tom
Crosher (Port)

11-6-1966

I
(C)

Hobart

VFA

Tasmania

Percy
Bushby (Cob.)

Keith
Burns (B'wick)

Tom
Crosher (Port)

13-6-1966

I
(C)

Hobart

VFA

Victoria
(VFL)

Percy
Bushby (Cob.)

Keith
Burns (B'wick)

Tom
Crosher (Port)

16-6-1966

I
(C)

Hobart

VFA

South
Australia

Percy
Bushby (Cob.)

Keith
Burns (B'wick)

Tom
Crosher (Port)

26-5-1968

I

Canberra

VFA

Canberra
(A.C.T.)

(captain-coach)

Keith
Burns (B'wick)

Max
Papley (W'town)

29-6-1968

I

Launceston

VFA

Tasmania

Keith
Burns (B'wick)

Max
Papley (W'town)*

tbd

NOTES:

1950 National Carnival - Baxter was injured in the match against the Amateurs in June and struggled for fitness afterwards, eventually costing him his place in the Carnival side. Whelan was elected to the VFA captaincy, despite not being a captain or vice-captain of his club, due to his leadership on the Canberra tour in June.

1951 (May 9) vs SA - Whelan (C) did not play due to suspension. Walsh was promoted from the vice-captaincy.

1953 North vs South - Box Hill's Bill Morris was originally named captain of VFA South but withdrew due to injury. Walsh replaced him as captain.

1953 (July 15) vs SA - Tindal (C) and Fraser (VC) did not play due to injury. Stabb filled-in as captain.

1953 (July 18) vs WA - Tindal (C) returned to lead the team but Fraser (VC) remained out due to injury. Stabb filled in as vice-captain.

1956 VFA-VFL vs VAFA - this was a demonstration event at the 1956 Olympic Games and not an official VFA representative match. The combined team was coached by Bruce Andrew, Victoria's delegate to the ANFC and captained by the VFL's Denis Cordner. Northcote's Keith Woolnough was named vice-captain.

1960 (June 25) vs Canberra - Moroney (VC) did not play due to injury.

1960 (June 29) vs QLD - Moroney (VC) did not play due to injury.

1961 vs Tasmania - Cleary, coach of Second Division club Dandenong, was a surprise choice as coach. After a single season in charge he was replaced by Callahan who had coached the team the year before.

1968 vs Tasmania - Burns (C) did not play due to injury. Papley was promoted from the vice-captaincy.

POST-ANFC ERA (1970-1989)

1977-80/82 - Fred Cook (Port Melb.)

1983-84 - Ray Shaw (Preston)

1987 - Jeff Sarau (Frankston)

1987-88 - Barry Round (Williamstown)

DATE

TYPE

VENUE

TEAM

OPPONENT

COACH

CAPTAIN

VICE-CAPTAIN

14-6-1975

REP

Wangaratta

VFA

Ovens
& Murray FL

(captain-coach)

Colin
Hobbs (Cob.)

tbd

25-4-1976

REP

Nth
Albury

VFA

Ovens
& Murray FL

Tony
Jewell (Caul.)

Howard
Smith (G.West)

David
Holt (Port)

12-6-1977

REP

Brisbane

VFA

Queensland

Norm
Brown (Port)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Bill
Thompson (Dand.)

4-6-1978

REP

Brisbane

VFA

Queensland

Norm
Brown (Port)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Bill
Thompson (Dand.)

17-6-1979

REP

Prahran

VFA

Queensland

Mick
Erwin (Prah.)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Laurie
Burt (Cob.)

14-6-1980

REP

Launceston

VFA

Northern
Tas. FA

Mick
Erwin (Prah.)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Robert
Anderson (Prah.)

5-7-1980

REP

Adelaide

VFA

South
Australia

Mick
Erwin (Prah.)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Robert
Anderson (Prah.)

7-6-1981

REP

Devonport

VFA

Greater
Nthn FL

Mick
Erwin (Prah.)

Laurie
Burt (Cob.)

Vic
Aanensen (Port)

30-5-1982

REP

Sandringham

VFA

Greater
Nthn FL

Gary
Brice (Port)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Laurie
Burt (Cob.)

13-6-1982

REP

Sandringham

VFA

VAFA

Gary
Brice (Port)

Fred
Cook (Port)

Laurie
Burt (Cob.)

22-5-1983

REP

Sandringham

VFA

VAFA

Gary
Brice (Port)

Ray
Shaw (Pres.)

Glen
Robertson (Port)

17-6-1984

REP

Elsternwick

VFA

VAFA

Gary
Brice (-)

Ray
Shaw (Pres.)

Glen
Robertson (Port)

9-6-1985

REP

Preston

VFA

VAFA

Gary
Brice (Port)

David
Brine (Pres.)

Bill
Swan (Port)

7-6-1986

REP

Elsternwick

VFA

VAFA

Phil
Cleary (Cob.)

Peter
Geddes (F'ston)

Kevin
Sait (W'town)

10-5-1987

I
(C)

Canberra

VFA

A.C.T.

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Jeff
Sarau (F'ston)

Barry
Round (W'town)

13-5-1987

I

Lavington

VFA

New
South Wales

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Jeff
Sarau (F'ston)

Barry
Round (W'town)

24-5-1987

I
(C)

Caloundra

VFA

Queensland

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)*

Allen
Eade (Cob.)*

6-6-1987

I
(C)

Melbourne

VFA

Tasmania

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Jeff
Sarau (F'ston)

Barry
Round (W'town)

12-2-1988

PRAC

Sunshine

VFA

Essendon FC Res.

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

19-2-1988

PRAC

Sunshine

VFA

Melbourne
FC Res.

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

3-3-1988

I
(CS)

Adelaide

VFA

Queensland

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

4-3-1988

I
(CS)

Adelaide

VFA

A.C.T.

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

5-3-1988

I
(CS)

Adelaide

VFA

Northern
Territory

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

1-6-1988

PRAC

Sunshine

VFA

VAFA

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

11-6-1988

I

Hobart

VFA

Tasmania

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

5-7-1988

REP

Perth

VFA

WAFL

Terry
Wheeler (W'town)

Barry
Round (W'town)

Allen
Eade (Cob.)

18-3-1989

PRAC

Gold
Coast

VFA

Brisbane

-

-

-

9-6-1989

I
(C)

Burnie

VFA

New
South Wales

Phil
Cleary (Cob.)

Brett
McTaggart (W'town)

Gary
Sheldon (Cob.)

10-6-1989

I
(C)

Launceston

VFA

Queensland

Phil
Cleary (Cob.)

Brett
McTaggart (W'town)

Gary
Sheldon (Cob.)

12-6-1989

I
(C)

Hobart

VFA

Aust.
Amateurs

Phil
Cleary (Cob.)

Brett
McTaggart (W'town)

Gary
Sheldon (Cob.)

NOTES:

1984 vs VAFA - Brice had coached Port Melbourne from 1980 to 1983 but at the time of this match he was serving as Essendon's assistant coach in the VFL. Despite this the VFA extended an invitation for him to once again coach the Association's representative team. Brice was able to accept the offer because Essendon played their Round 12 VFL match on Saturday June 16th, the day before the VFA match. The following year he returned to coach a final season at Port Melbourne.

1987 vs QLD - Sarau (C) did not play due to injury - Round was promoted from the vice-captaincy.

POST-ANFC ERA - SECOND DIVISION

DATE

TYPE

VENUE

TEAM

OPPONENT

COACH

CAPTAIN

VICE-CAPTAIN

7-7-1981

PRAC

Prahran

VFA
(2nd Div.)

Australian
Services

Tony
Sullivan (Waverley)

David
Wenn (Oak.)

tbd

12-7-1981

REP

Adelaide

VFA
(2nd Div.)

SAFA

Tony
Sullivan (Waverley)

David
Wenn (Oak.)

tbd

30-5-1982

REP

Sandringham

VFA
(2nd Div.)

SAFA

Barry
Nolan (B'wick)

Jim
Christou (N'cote)

Russell
Hodges (Kilsyth)

13-6-1982

REP

Sandringham

VFA
(2nd Div.)

VAFA
2nd XVIII

Barry
Nolan (B'wick)

Russell
Hodges (Kilsyth)*

tbd

22-5-1983

REP

Sandringham

VFA
(2nd Div.)

SAFA

Colin
Hobbs (N'cote)

Jim
Christou (N'cote)

tbd

13-5-1984

REP

Adelaide

VFA
(2nd Div.)

SAFA

Geoff
Rosenow (Mord.)

Peter
Allen (Berwick)

John
Einsiedel (Caul.)

NOTES:

1982 vs VAFA 2nd XVIII - Christou was named captain but was a late withdrawal due to injury. Hodges was promoted from the vice-captaincy.

STATE LEAGUE ERA (1990-)

1996 - Anthony Alessio (Coburg)

1997 - Kain Taylor (Springvale)

2007 - James Byrne (Geelong)

2012 - John Baird (Port Melbourne)

DATE

TYPE

VENUE

TEAM

OPPONENT

COACH

CAPTAIN

VICE-CAPTAIN

10-6-1990

REP

Canberra

VFA

ACTAFL

Phil
Cleary (Cob.)

Brett
McTaggart (W'town)

Gary
Sheldon (Cob.)

1991

-

-

VFA
TEAM OF THE YEAR

Tony
Elshaug (Dand.)

Phil
Maylin (S'vale)

Brad
Gotch (Dand.)

26-5-1992

REP

Melbourne

VFA

VCFL

Leon
Harris (Werr.)

Tony
Pastore (W'town)

Anthony
Allen (S'ham)

9-4-1994

REP

Melbourne

VFA

NTFL

Trevor
Barker (S'ham)

Donald
McDonald (Werr.)

tbd

17-6-1995

REP

Melbourne

VFA

New
South Wales

John
Murphy (B.Hill)

Tim
Livingstone (B.Hill)

Sean
Bowden (Port)

1-6-1996

REP

Melbourne

VFL

TFL

John
Murphy (B.Hill)

Anthony
Alessio (Cob.)

Sean
Millane (F'ston)

14-6-1997

REP

Canberra

VFL

ACTAFL

Brad
Gotch (S'vale)

Kain Taylor (S'vale)

tbd

6-6-1998

REP

Hobart

VFL

TFL

Peter
Weightman (-)

Simon
Atkins (Werr.)

tbd

29-5-1999

REP

Melbourne

VFL

SANFL

Peter
Weightman (-)

John
Polkinghorne (N.Ball.)

Michael
Frost (Werr.)

23-6-2001

REP

Adelaide

VFL

SANFL

Donald
McDonald (B.Hill)

David
MacGeorge (S'ham)

Matthew
Brewer (B.Hill)

15-6-2002

REP

Adelaide

VFL

SANFL

Gerard
FitzGerald (N.Ball.)

Josh
Mahoney (Ess.)

Matthew
Brewer (B.Hill)

19-6-2004

REP

Perth

VFL

WAFL

Gerard
FitzGerald (Port)

Brad
Lloyd (W'town)

Steve
Lawrence (Port)

21-5-2005

REP

Port
Melb.

VFL

SANFL

Mark
Williams (S'ham)

Travis
Robertson (Werr.)

Nick
Carter (Bendigo)

26-5-2007

REP

Port
Melb.

VFL

WAFL

Mark
Williams (S'ham)

James
Byrne (Geel.)

tbd

31-5-2008

REP

Adelaide

VFL

SANFL

Gerard
FitzGerald (N.Ball.)

Brett
Johnson (W'town)

James
Podsiadly (Werr.)

22-5-2010

REP

Perth

VFL

WAFL

Gerard
FitzGerald (N.Ball.)

Brett
Johnson (W'town)

tbd

26-5-2012

REP

Hobart

VFL

TSL

Gary
Ayres (Port)

John
Baird (Port)

tbd

10-5-2013

REP

Northam

VFL

WAFL

Gary
Ayres (Port)

Dom
Gleeson (Geel.)

Marcus
Marigliani (S'ham)

31-5-2014

REP

Port
Melb.

VFL

SANFL

Damien
Carroll (B.Hill)

Sam
Pleming (Port)

Ben
Jolley (W'town)

16-11-2014

PRAC

Sandringham

VFL

Ireland

Damien
Carroll (B.Hill)

Ben
Jolley (W'town)

Evan
Panozza (Casey)

Toby
Pinwill (Port)

29-5-2016

REP

Adelaide

VFL

SANFL

Andrew
Collins (W'town)

Jordan
Russell (Foots. Res.)

David
Mirra (B.Hill)

27-5-2017

REP

Port
Melb.

VFL

WAFL

Justin
Plapp (Casey)

Sam
Darley (Rich. Res.)

tbd

NOTES:

1991 VFA Team of the Year - the VFA were scheduled to play the NSWAFL but a fixturing change meant the match had to be cancelled in order to accommodate all of the premiership matches. This marked the first time since 1974 the VFA had not played a representative match. Despite this the Association still selected a combined team. Players were presented with representative jumpers and a team photograph appeared in the 1991 VFA Annual Report under the title of the VFA Team of the Year.

1998 vs TFL & 1999 vs SANFL - although Weightman had been the long-term coach of Preston he was not aligned with any club when he coached the VFA-VFL representative team.

2014 vs Ireland - an International Rules practice match played at the start of Ireland's tour of Australia. Evan Panozza and Toby Pinwill were named as dual vice-captains for the match.